Recent Projects
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At LLOYD MOSS publishing, we take on a variety of projects in book editing and publishing. It keeps us on our toes! We are flexible to your specific needs and customise our services to suit you. In some projects, we provide manuscript assessments and/or editing services whilst in others we provide the complete package of copyediting, proofreading and self-publishing. Even if we are not directly involved in publishing a client's book, we tend to stick around and be involved and available to answer any questions and provide advice.
Our projects in March and April 2024 include:
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Publishing a memoir
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Editing and publishing a children's picture book
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Development editing of two novel manuscripts
Whatever your writing goals, we will help you achieve them. Do you need more information about the processes, or perhaps you ready to explore the options for your manuscript?
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'When All The Birds Sing'
Author ~ Suzie Peace Pybus
Edited and Published by Lloyd Moss Publishing
Crayfish Cove, 1975 – a tranquil Tasmanian fishing town where doors are left unlocked and kids roam free.
On a lonely road, a young girl meets a man with wild hair and a woodsmoke smell. He invites her to join a band of local children building a treehouse on his bush property. Lily is soon smitten with Harry, who spins stories, whistles like the birds and can swing a billy can without spilling a drop.
Kids adore him, parents trust him. Until a child vanishes…
Published 8 March 2024
281pages
Available in paperback and e-book.
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'Witch-Fairy Madness'
A Magical Midlife
Author Linda Pratt
Edited and Published by LLOYD MOSS PUBLISHING
My name is Sage Maguire. I'm a middle aged (Is 49 even considered middle aged?) widowed woman. I thought I had a busy life before but since finding out I'm a witch-fairy hybrid it has been crazy.
My BFF Chrissy has joined me on this crazy witchy journey. My cat Solomon (he's my 'familiar') and my Aunt Mim have been helping me navigate through all this Witch-Fairy Madness.
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Published 2 March 2024
335 pages
Available in paperback and e-book.
'Looking for Marta'
Author Nada Telarevic
Edited by Lloyd Moss Publishing
A three-year old little girl, Marta, disappears without a trace in the chaos of war and the German withdrawal from her town in the spring of 1945.
Fifty-seven years later, Marta's cousin Vesna is determined to solve the mystery of her fate. We learn about the lives of Vesna and Marta through alternating chapters and come to admire their strength, resilience and capacity for love. The author keeps the suspense on a high setting. Will the search for Marta end sadly or happily? Finally, all is revealed but not before another shocking secret comes to light.
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Published December 2023.
419 pages
Available in paperback and e-book.
'Jesus Can't Drive'
Author Ray Doherty
Edited and Published by Lloyd Moss Publishing
A road trip across the continent from Sydney to Perth. What could go wrong for widower Dr Ken Burton? How about everything? In the outback borderlands of South Australia, life jumps up and grabs Ken by the throat. His nightmarish dreams come to life in front of his eyes. No one is who they appear to be; nothing can be believed or disbelieved.
In a series of wild, paranormal incidents, Ken is thrown head first into a fight for his life and his sanity. ‘Jesus Can’t Drive’ is a paranormal battle between the forces of good and evil. The prize is the total possession of one man’s soul.
Published 9 November 2023.
284 pages
Available in paperback and e-book.
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'Caged In' ~ Book One
Author E.P. Writer
Edited by Lloyd Moss Publishing
Explosive.....Gut-wrenching.....You can't look away.
Reading 'Caged In' is like stuffing your head with TNT and lighting the fuse. It will take you to the edge but you can't stop reading it. You are gripped by the author's creation of the claustrophobic interior of a male prison. Inside the cage there are violent predators who form gangs and battle each other for supremacy. You meet Sinn'ous, a loner serial killer who is the prison's most feared inmate. Jasper Marcelo is the rookie prisoner, his first time inside. He's a young smart-arse, a fun-loving guy. He is the fresh meat and it's always feeding time at the prison zoo.
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5 Star Reviews on Amazon
Published December 2023.
419 pages
Available in paperback and e-book.
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'Chaos in Brainland'
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A Guide for Creating a Stress and
Anxiety Free Zone
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Dieter Luske
Not only one approach but many tried-and-tested approaches to sweeping away the joy-sapping symptoms of stress and anxiety in our lives. Dieter has pooled his knowledge and practical techniques gained from his professional experience as a holistic counsellor for over 20 years.
Contains a whole raft of practical methods to reduce stress and anxiety and clear instructions on how to apply them.
Published 20th October 2023
248 pages
Available in paperback and e-book
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'Storynets'
by
Michelle Ellen Spencer
Copyedited and Published by LLOYD MOSS PUBLISHING
A mesmerising tale of Pia, the first-born daughter in a poor family of sea folk. Pia gathers stories from all around her until her net is full. She must find a way to live with her stories and be free to live her own life.
Features the author's exquisite illustrations throughout.
Published 4th October 2023
87 pages
Available in paperback.
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'Sheila'
by Pamela Morrison
A Biography
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Copyedited by LLOYD MOSS EDITING
Born on the wrong side of the sheets in the dead of a bitter Scottish night, a tiny baby is abandoned on a cold doorstep.
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Who is she?
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Why was she abandoned?
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What would her destiny be?
Sheila has huge odds against her from the beginning. Her childhood is blighted by sadistic beatings at the hands of her father. In her early teens, her father's abuse becomes sexual.
Told with unflinching honesty, 'Sheila' is wonderfully uplifting. You will never forget Sheila's story.
Published 2nd April 2023
316 pages
Available in paperback.
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'It Happened in the Seventies'
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Dieter Luske
A Memoir of Love, Colliding Worlds and a House on a Hill
Copyedited by LLOYD MOSS editing and publishing
At only twenty-one, Dieter started his own thriving business and lived the good life in Hamburg, Germany. By the age of twenty-four, he knew something was missing: there must be more to life than earning a living and he wanted to find it in Australia as a quest for all things vital: health, love, creativity, meaning, purpose and independence.
Arriving in Sydney in 1974, Dieter and his girlfriend Giselle lived, worked and explored Australia in their yellow panel van for two and a half years, discovering themselves and their unpredictable future.
Published 11th February 2023
302 pages
Available in paperback, hardback and e-book
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'The Peace Rose'
by
June Hopkins
A Novel
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Copyedited and Published by LLOYD MOSS publishing
“The Peace Rose” takes us into the dark night of a woman who commits a shocking crime which reverberates across three generations, Three women are linked forever: Marilyn who is carrying deep wounds from her childhood, Suzie who suffers a devastating loss and Shondrae who struggles to find her place in the world.
In this riveting novel, the themes of love and loss are intertwined. But love cannot breathe when there are secrets buried, lies being told and deception practised. Wounded people wound others which is what happens in “The Peace Rose,” as Marilyn craves love as much as she pushes love away..
What is Marilyn’s secret? Will she be able to keep her secret from her husband, her sister and her daughter? Does ‘the peace rose’ offer them healing? Find out the answers in the enthralling family drama of “The Peace Rose.”
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Published 23 August 2022
379 pages
Available in paperback and e-book
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